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진은숙
12+ albums
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Unsuk Chin (진은숙, born 14 July 1961, Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean contemporary classical composer, currently living in Berlin, Germany. She studied in Hamburg with György Ligeti, and has adapted much of his musical style into her own. She uses both traditional instruments, as well as electronics in her compositions. Chin began her musical career at age six on piano, but quickly switched her focus to composition because composition lessons were cheaper. Because of her perfect pitch, much of Chin's early career was transcribing Korean traditional music, and playing piano for local churches. In the words of the composer, she is "fascinated with virtuosity," which explains her devilishly challenging violin concerto, for which she won a Grawmeyer in 2004, and Double concerto for piano, percussion, and ensemble in 2002. Unsuk Chin won the International Gaudeamus Competition for Composers in 1985. The Arnold Schoenberg Center in Austria awarded her a prize including 12,500 Euro in prize money. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Piano Concerto: Movement I
22Piano Concerto: Movement II
23Piano Concerto: Movement IV
24Cello Concerto: Movement III
25Cello Concerto: Movement IV
26Fantaisie mécanique
27Xi
28Su for sheng and orchestra
29Opening Scene: Dream I: "Oh, my! A child must not carry such a heavy load!"
110Scene II: Pool of Tears - A Caucaus-Race and a Long Tale: "Oh dear! I shall be too late!"
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3 Concertos
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Unsuk Chin: 3 Concertos
Alice in Wonderland
Violin Concerto
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Akrostichon - Wortspiel (Ensemble Intercontemporain)
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Akrostichon-Wortspiel (Ensemble InterContemporain)
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Violin Concerto (Hagner, Nagano)
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Rocaná, Violin Concerto
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Unsuk Chin: Frontispiece for Orchestra (World Premiere) [Live, Hamburg, 2019]
Spira (Concerto for Orchestra)
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3 Concertos [서울시립교향악단]
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Alice in Wonderland, opera